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“Protect yourselves and other music fans from these exorbitant ticket prices. The fact that they are doing this with these Newport tickets, given the nature of the show, is personally rather sad and very frustrating.

“We have taken every measure we could to try and maximise the amount that went to Ieuan. The venue, promoters, agents, managers, musicians and crew alike have all given their time and waived fees.

“The fact that a site like this can, will, and have seen this as an opportunity to capitalise and extort the public, shows how f***ing shameless some people can be.

“The tickets have the name of those who originally purchased them on them and if that does not match the one on your ID then you won’t get in. Please, don’t set yourself up for one hell of an expensive fall and stop giving these folk the power.”

Organisers Orchard Entertainment reminded concert-goers they must bring ID matching the name on their tickets. And director Pablo Janczur said: “It’s shocking people are selling tickets at inflated prices.”

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The Competition and Markets Authority is currently investigating secondary ­ticketing sites Getmein!, Seatwave, Stubhub and Viagogo. It has appealed to consumers “with relevant information” to come forward.

And a Government report by Professor Michael Waterson, published last month, called for greater enforcement of Consumer Rights law and £5,000 fines for resale websites who offend.

The All Party Pressure Group on Ticket Abuse wants fans to sign their petition to trigger a debate in the House of Commons.